Posted August 4, 200618 yr Does anyone know if Rihanna is giving credit/paying royalties to the writers of the two songs she ripped off/sampled in her last two songs? SOS - Tainted Love Unfaithful - Lonely No More Just wondering because there is a pretty blatant court case if she is not.
August 4, 200618 yr of course she'll be giving credit and paying royalties. heck on the SOS single cover it says ''sample of tainted love'' ! so either her management are really dumb, or she has gave royalties.
August 4, 200618 yr Author of course she'll be giving credit and paying royalties. heck on the SOS single cover it says ''sample of tainted love'' ! so either her management are really dumb, or she has gave royalties. Yeah, i was pretty sure she credited the writers of Tainted Love. It was the rip-off of Lonely No More by Rob Thomas I was a bit more unsure about....
August 4, 200618 yr Author She didn't sample Lonely No More for Unfaithful, it just sounds similar. Sounds similar? Its almost the same chorus with a few words changed!
August 4, 200618 yr Still, Shakira didn't have to pay royalties to the Bangles for Underneath Your Clothes a.k.a. Eternal Flame clone
August 4, 200618 yr Author Still, Shakira didn't have to pay royalties to the Bangles for Underneath Your Clothes a.k.a. Eternal Flame clone True, I remember being surprised that no-one picked up on The Killers ripping off Ricky Martin for My Brightside!! I guess totally original tunes are getting scarce. It will always have been "almost" done before.
August 4, 200618 yr Author The Killers ripping off which Ricky Martin song? :o The intro to Mr Brightside is nicked from Private Emotion by Ricky Martin
August 4, 200618 yr Unfaithful piano melody also sounds extremely similar to shakira's 'La Pared' and bits sound like her song 'No'
August 4, 200618 yr "shakira's 'La Pared' " which sounds ALOT like the eurythmics sweet dreams... it must be a sample
August 4, 200618 yr Oh, that's minor and nitpicking. I'm sure that was unintentional... (In reference to Brutan's post...) Edited August 4, 200618 yr by Aly
August 4, 200618 yr "shakira's 'La Pared' " which sounds ALOT like the eurythmics sweet dreams... it must be a sample lot's of people think it samples 'Clocks' by coldplay as well
August 4, 200618 yr Still, Shakira didn't have to pay royalties to the Bangles for Underneath Your Clothes a.k.a. Eternal Flame clone Underneath Your Clothes had NOTHING to do with Eternal Flame.
August 4, 200618 yr I know, but listen to it - the bridge tune is SO ripped off of Eternal Flame Edited August 4, 200618 yr by Tyron1
August 4, 200618 yr The bridge of UYC sounds nothing like Eternal Flame. Do you mean the bit where she sings "I love you more than all that's on the planet..." ? The only bit of UYC that sounds like Eternal Flame is the first verse. As for Unfaithful, the opeing piano riff does sound a lot like La Pared, but then again, the opening of the La Pared Album version does sound like Sweet Dreams. Sometimes things are a rip off, sometimes they are unintentional, sometimes they are samples and sometimes they are hommage. Edited August 4, 200618 yr by Ashley
August 4, 200618 yr Rip-offs don't count. And they happen all the time. Even U2 ripped off their intro for Vertigo from an early Feeder track. Only direct samples and covers need royalties.
August 4, 200618 yr Rip-offs don't count. And they happen all the time. Even U2 ripped off their intro for Vertigo from an early Feeder track. Only direct samples and covers need royalties. the act of ripping off (plagiarim) can be taken to court though, George Harrison famously got sued for "My Sweet Lord" sounding like "He's So Fine" by the Chiffons http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/mysweet.htm
August 4, 200618 yr Well, quite a lot of UYC sounds like an 'Eternal Flame' rip-off to me, I'm not sure about anyone else though :)
August 4, 200618 yr the act of ripping off (plagiarim) can be taken to court though, George Harrison famously got sued for "My Sweet Lord" sounding like "He's So Fine" by the Chiffons http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/mysweet.htm I suppose if you can prove that it IS different and just sounds the same then it can easily be got away with...
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